IMSG reacts to Okorocha’s public humiliation at Justice Oputa’s burial.

The Imo State government wishes to take exception to the ugly scenario that played out at the funeral church service for the late Justice Chikwudifu Oputa, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oguta.

It is highly regrettable that the son of the late Justice, Mr Charles Emeka Oputa, aka, Charly Boy threw caution to the wind and turned the church service into a political theater that saw him acting or playing out the script he drafted in Abuja with some Imo politicians who have remained cowed by the overwhelming popularity of Governor Rochas Okorocha.

The Imo State governor had worked together with Mr Charly Boy both when the late Justice was sick, until the time he died and the preparation for the burial which also encouraged the state governor to make substantial financial input and also organized a special day of tribute for the late Justice at the expense of state government with Charly Boy also present with other members of the family.

This is why the sudden change of character of Charly Boy at the church service, in which case, he insisted that the governor would not talk as protocol demanded could not be understood, except that he was acting out the script handed over to him by some of the gubernatorial aspirants from the state who might have been rattled by the thunderous ovation that greeted the governor by the crowd when he was first introduced.

At a function like, that protocol had demanded that the host governor must talk before any other speaker. But Senator Pius Anyim representing President was first called to talk. Ideally, as a repsentative of the president, there was no way Senator Anyim would not have talked at the event. But protocol would have seen the governor talking first to welcome the invitees to the service as the host governor.

Perhaps afraid of the popularity of governor Okorocha among the Imo populace that has always made them to hail him where ever and whenever he talks, the few politicians from the state in Abuja who are desperate to capture power in the state in 2015, saw a willing tool in charly Boy for them to ensure that the governor would not talk at the event.

We condemn that ugly incident. And also wish to advise politicians from the state to stop heating the polity over power since God is the giver of power. In 2015, God will decide who will governor Imo State and when God decides that, there is nothing anybody can do about it.

And for Charly Boy, we ask God to bless him.

Sam Onwuemeodo
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media

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For those who do not understand what this Press statement is all about, this is what happened according our friends at Leadership who witnessed the ugly incident,

“the burial of the late Supreme court justice, Chukwudifu Oputa, was turned dramatic yesterday as the son of the late judge, Charles Oputa popularly known as Charleyboy humiliated the governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha during the memorial service at the Sacred heart catholic church, Oguta.

In fact Charleyboy almost fought the governor for attempting to make his speech at the occasion.

The self-acclaimed “area fada” seemed ready to explode all through the event and Okorocha was unfortunate to be the first person to draw the musician’s ire as Charleyboy jumped up from his seat to snatch the microphone from the governor when he attempted to make his speech. Even pleas by Rev-Fr Mathew Kukah, who officiated at the service, to Charley boy to allow the governor make his speech fell on on deaf ears.”

Why won’t him be embarrassed and why would u say he speaks befor the President or he’s representative? Take time and watch all the places the President visits in this country who speaks 1st, why didn’t they confirm the issue of the 20m why keeping mute? Now your talking bout respect when the last time Pres Jonathan came to Owerri he organised women to wear black and sweep he’s feet off!!! Don’t throw caution to the wind pleas let’s wait for election

Thanks Charlie Boy, thanks.this Sam Onwuemeodo is good at what he does, fabricating lies to cover their shame.who told him anyone can tell charlie boy what to do.Sam and his bunch of liars definitely do not know Charlie boy well.

charly should wake up to the realities that he is no longer a boy but a grand father.All his behaviours in life have been chidish no wonder at a point the father disowned him.what an irresponsible act what if security men had decended on him thank God that the governor in his usual manner was civil

This is to tell u how uncivil charly boy is he is a tout for him to hv displayed such a shameful act in a church despite plea from a renowned bishop.He had always disgraced the father till death.what a prodigal son!

They have obviously bought his conscience, but unfortunate that he allowed that in his own father’s burial. Justice Oputa will turn in his grave for this insult to his person even at his burial, by a ****tic of a son.

Sam Onwuemeodo is a pity that you have allowed the office you occupy to becloud your senses of reasoning.

What will Okorocha tell ndi Oguta? Okorocha who have sworn that Oguta people will never have a representative at the IMHA. He doesn’t have conscience. If he does, he would have avoided that embarrassment.

Before now, charly Boy has told him never to turn his fathers burial to a campaign venue but he never listened.

What popularity are you talking about? Popular for enslaving ndi Imo the more? Dee Sam biko go and think over this press statement.

@onyeocha u lied as d host governor it is expected for him to talk and mind u dis isn’t a political ground @nwoke I ve no probs wit GEJ but to my best of understanding he is failing by his actions and kind of politics @chijioke dats wat nigerian news or bloggers said pls be very sure @charley oputa hmmMm@emeka wat did he sow

These politicians are so ill mannered. Was that not a requiem mass???? And they are concerned about who talks first, If I were Oputa family, only the reverend father will talk and that is all, afterall it is supposed to be a moment of sober reflection. Everything is now politics, mad people.

THIS IS CHARLEY BOY’S VERSION OF THE STORY FROM THE SAME BLOG EARLIER ON=Socialite and son of late jurist, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, Charles (Charly Boy) Oputa has explained his reason for storming out of a colloquium organized in honour of his late father by the Imo State government on Wednesday.At the event, Charley Boy suddenly stormed out of the tributes event held at the newly built International Conference Centre in Owerri. Speaking with some journalists in Owerri, Charly Boy accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of trying to use his father’s burial to score cheap political point, describing him as a deceit.He said the government held a colloquium in honour of his late father and that despite his earlier warning that the burial should not be politicized, Governor Okorocha gathered all the members of his political party and wanted to turn the event into an APC rally. The event, tagged Day of Tributes for Late Oputa, which saw Governor Rochas Okorocha, his deputy, Eze Madumere; Senator Chris Ngige; national chairman of the All Progressives Congress,APC, Odigie Oyegun, former deputy governor of Imo State, Dr. Douglas Acholonu, and many dignitaries present.Trouble however started that Wednesday evening when the master of the ceremony announced that the next person to speak would be the national chairman of APC, Oyegun. No sooner had the APC boss mounted the rostrum than the angry Charley Boy fumed about how his father’s burial was being turned into APC event.He suddenly rose from his seat and stormed out of the event taking his siblings and family members along.

HYPOCRITE OR HYPOLITE… WHERE’S UR SENSE OF JUDGEMENT? EVEN IF ITS A BOUNCED CHEQUE, COULDN’T THE CHARLY OF A BOY HAVE WAITED ATLEAST TO AWARD HIS DAD THAT LAST RESPECT OF A LIFETIME…OR WAS HE SO ENRAGED THAT HE WOULDN’T WANT TO CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE LATER?… WOULD HEAVEN HAVE PULLED DOWN IF HE HAD GENTLY WALKED TO THE ALTAR AFTER GOVERNOR’S SPEECH AND SPEAK HIS MIND EVEN IF IT MEANS ASKING THE LEAVE QUIETLY, OTHER THAN BEING CANTANKEROUSLY CALOUS?… MUST U EVEN DRIVE EVERY INCIDENT POLITICAL?… OR IS IT THAT U RESPIRE THROUGH UR ANAL CAVITY?… U SHLD CUT THE CRAP AND SHUT UR TRAP BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES IT FOR U.I TAKE THINGS PERSONAL WHEN PPL WHOM I FEEL TO BE HUMAN BEINGS DISAPPOINT ME BY REASONING LIKE MUTURU COWS.. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY GOATS POSSESS A FBK ACCOUNT! huh!

How can u tun a mans cups to a political rally if it were to be ur father wil u allow dat why de old man b4 hiv up ask dem not to do so if i may ask wat apc national cherman doin dere my broda u did wel by wokin out ur father wil prowd of u were ever he is

Imo Government of lies now u want respect more like Sanusi and Amechi same APC after insulting the Pres u want some to respect U! Insulted in ur state for ur cheap political goal oya go Uguta again! Mbaise, Ngor Okpala and Owerri are waiting for u even orlu is divided, u lies counts for u

Why you guys running away from d genesis of the matter. Y shud a gov of a state published a photo of charly boy collecting a cheque of 20million in d dailies? Its unfair, rochas didnt do well. D gov is attention seeker. Y bringing d apc nat. Chairman? Was dt an apc rally? I liked what charlie did to him

Cowboy Okorocha thinks he’ll always hold the four aces. He has met his match in Charly Man. Charlie did the right thing to walk out on the melodramatist and his apc cohorts for using the great jurists’ death to score political gains. Okorocha and his apc members were inhumane and senseless to ever act thus.

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Are you from Orlu, or are you deceived by double lane road? Rochas ignored or abandoned the most important infrastructures Orlu needs: university campus to bring in population and money to Orlu, drainage system to make the roads last, sports stadium, Prince Hotel, not no talk of pipe borne water.
Guess why all the huge struggle by opposition aspirants to replace an incumbent governor Rochas. Because those aspirants know that Rochas may fail in Orlu.

Charly Boy’s behaviour was stupid, childish and irresponsible. He thinks he is still a kid. It is time people call this crazy dude to order and it is a shame that justice Oputa begot this guy. Here is a man whose father disowned at a point in time for his irresponsible behaviors. Somebody must tell him that a governor remains a governor and there is nothing he can do about it. Why did he collect the almost 50 million naira given by the state govt? I know he will have a problems with his siblings over the money and other donations because he will not account for anything as he will see this as an opportunity to make some fast cash.

The same way Imolites voted Okorocha in,the same way they are going to vote him out of office in 2015,as Amajiri Progressive Congress will never rule in the South-East let alone in the Eastern Heartland. C’est dommage!

I wonder how some people reason. Justice Oputa belongs to oguta but his corpse belongs to Imo state govt. So charly of a boy can go to pedro for all I care. And its high time all these half Igbo commentators who dont appreciate the good gift God gave to Imo people in the person of gov. Rochas Anayo Okorocha and stop talking rubbish against the governor who have turned Imo into a paradise in less than 4 years. We should BEG him to continue being Imo governor instead of working against him.

I applaud Mr Charles Oputa for his actions well-timed. Politicians have turned every event, even weddings as opportunity for their political mantra. And to those of you say the man is a disgrace; bridle your tongues. That man charly has made impact without any political office… more than any nigerian politician. He said you should not talk, what’s the ish with that. He has the right to do so. Some of you commentators claim the late Justice Oputa’s body belongs to the state. What of the many corpses decaying in your mortuaries why won’t the state bury them. Does the State Goverment’s plan to use the funeral for a second A.P.C convention. Let our individual consciences guide us… lets be articulative and not sentimental.

Charly boy said it b4 hand that his father’s burial should not be politised, his father was an icon, and that’s what Charly wanted his father to be remembered for, and not for politicians to hijack the burial to score cheap political points. ..Charly tanks for putting them where the belong

……WHEN SENTIMENTS ENVELOP A MAN, IT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR SAME TO BE OBJECTIVE IN HIS SENSE OF REASONING AND JUDGEMENT. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SOME OF US ARE DISPLAYING HERE. WE ALL KNOW IT THAT IN IBO LAND, MORE ESPECIALLY IN IMO STATE, DURING THE BURIAL OF A FATHER, THE POSITION OF FIRST SONS AS THE NEXT IN LINE OF AUTHORITY IS ALWAYS UPHELD. THUS, AS LONG AS CHARLES REMAINED THE FIRST SON OF LATE JUSTICE OPUTA. I SUPPOSE HIS POSITION IN ANY MATTER RELATING TO THE OPUTA’S FAMILY SHOULD BE RESPECTED. NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENT LET ALONE IMO STATE GOVERNOR HAS MORAL STANDING OR RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THAT. DO NOT FORGET, BEFORE HIS FATHER PASSED ON, THEY( CHARLES AND HIS LATE FATHER ) WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. THOSE LIVING IN ABUJA CAN TESTIFY TO THAT. SO, IT IS NOT OUT OF PLACE TO SAY , CHARLES WISHES REPRESENT THAT OF HIS LATE FATHER AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY AT LARGE. ON THIS NOTE , IF AT ONE TIME OR THE OTHER, CHARLES WARNED THAT CEREMONIES LINED UP IN HONOUR OF HIS LATE FATHER’S SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A POLITICAL PLATFORM FOR ONE’S POLITICAL AMBITION , THEN, ANY ONE WHO GOES AGAINST HIS WISHES AND BY EXTENSION THAT OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS A TROUBLE MAKER. WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT THOSE WHO CAME( AND ARE STILL COMING) AROUND ARE DOING SO BECAUSE OF HIS LATE FATHER’S GOODWILL AND THAT CHARLES’ AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY. SO, WE SHOULD ALWAYS PAUSE AND THINK REASONABLY BEFORE RESORTING TO NAME CALLING. FOR GOD SAKE , IT IS THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SOMEBODY’S FATHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE! IT IS A SORROWFUL MOMENT TO THE OPUTA’S FAMILY AND NO ONE SHOULD ADD TO WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY PASSING THROUGH. I WONDER WHY SOME TIMES PEOPLE ACT AS IF THEY DO NOT HAVE HUMAN FEELINGS. HONESTLY, USING A SORROWFUL MOMENT OF OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS ASA PLATFORM TO LAUNCH OUR SELFISH AMBITION IS NOT OF GOD! IT IS EVIL! THUS, IT SHOULD BE STOPPED FORTHWITH.

Some people here is senseless by supporting charley boy or whatever he call himself, even i pity for those who is Questioning d governor for nt holding election in oguta i ask is rochas goodluck Jonathan or inec bcos Jonathan and his so called part PDP ( PEOPLE DECEIVING PEOPLE) that withhold d result bcos thy lost SHAME TO PDP

what do you expect from a confirmed gay?a man that still answers boy at the age of 57,a man that was disowned by his own dad,a man that bears the nickname area father,a man that takes nude pictures on magazines,a man that puts rings on his nose,owelle charly boy is not your level in any sphere of life so I urge you to be undeterred in your efforts in serving the good people of imo state.

Bad boy piccolo ! He never listened to his father, how do you expect him to respect constituted authority? What is funeral oration ? Is it not protocol which is common in today’s igboland? He accepted fund, then the person who made fund available is made scapegoat . What a land of Socrates & Aristotles ?

A fool is a fool even at his father’s burial?Owelle ur humiliation is not half of the one on our Lord shake it off continue ur work to ur people of imo, God will see u tru comes 2015 we in usa are behind u.owelle ka anyi ge soo ma na ututu ma na abali.

The governor wld have turned the service to rally and make bogus promises that are out of place. Thumb up charlie! Your reaction ws timely. “it takes a mad man to address the fuck-up of another madman”.

Charly Boy is right – to some extent. Most of the people that supported Okorocha in 2011 no longer know what Okorocha is campaigning for now.

By ignoring or abandoning people’s desires from him in Orlu zone: a govt multi-discipline university campus, urban drainage facility, sports stadium, Prince Hotel, talk less public water supply system, Gov. Okorocha set the stage for his failure in the zone.

As for Okorocha’s campaign for VP in APC, if he becomes Nigeria’s VP under Aboki President, Okorocha may never become president when the Aboki president leaves office – President Shagari/VP Alex Ekwueme and Buhari style intervention.
If Okorocha had consolidated his earlier support in his senatorial zone, instead of playing games with its people.

It’s ridiculous the kind of politics seen in Imo State.If something serious is not done,we may witness a serious political crisis in the mear future.There’s nothing which is not done in Imo in the name of politics.Our youths should take it easy,let us not allow these aged politicians to destroy this our dear imo.If Rochas is insulted imo state is humiliated.We go to school not only to be professional in the area of our study but also to be matured & refined mentaly.Give honour to whom its due.

Did he want to make d speech concerning d deceased ? Or did he want to use it as a platform for political campaign for d apc?? Wat is ngige doing there?? Wat is oyegun doing there? And if he promised dem 20m,pls let him redeem it.as for charleyboy,he shud ve gven d misguided governor a little respect and find anoder way of expresses his anger

Kanu peter. You are the biggest fool. A half Igbo for that matter. You are not even from Imo state. Who is Charly boy to Owelle in comparrison?. The moment a figure like jst Oputa dies, he becomes a property of the govt. What did you fools do to Nzeribe’s almost 20 years of darkness now you’ve seen a God sent and you wouldnt stop speaking from your anus. Tell your charly bomboy to contest for Imo governorship or build a gay and sex auditorium in oguta and make you the manager fool.

ad when people, even in the House of God, fail to understand that they are inE His presence and should accord Him that respect. Sad if indeed politicians have lost all honour that they can exploit any fora, even one so sobre and sacred, to propagate and perpetuate their popularity. This interpretation of events by the Imo State Government of the reasons behind Charley’s rash action borders on political narcissism. If such vanity and rebellion can be shamelessly displayed in a place of worship by both parties, with no regard for the deceased or the visiting/officiating minister, then it cradles my concern for this country. While the West have lost much interest in religion, their society is still held together by an effective legal system and personal discipline. Nigeria is bereft of this fabric and is being sustained by a moral code derived from religion (eg fear of damnation, curses, blessibgs etc). If we no longer have fear or respect for God, as this event and IMSG’s interpretative statement implies (as well as BH’s bombings of mosques and churches), then we are…for want of a better word…screwed.

Sad when people, even in the House of God, fail to understand that they are inE His presence and should accord Him that respect. Sad if indeed politicians have lost all honour that they can exploit any fora, even one so sobre and sacred, to propagate and perpetuate their popularity. This interpretation of events by the Imo State Government of the reasons behind Charley’s rash action borders on political narcissism. If such vanity and rebellion can be shamelessly displayed in a place of worship by both parties, with no regard for the deceased or the visiting/officiating minister, then it cradles my concern for this country. While the West have lost much interest in religion, their society is still held together by an effective legal system and personal discipline. Nigeria is bereft of this fabric and is being sustained by a moral code derived from religion (eg fear of damnation, curses, blessings etc). If we no longer have fear or respect for God, as this event and IMSG’s interpretative statement implies (as well as BH’s bombings of mosques and churches), then we are…for want of a better word…screwed.

The writer of the above epistle is nothing but a fat fed cow. I dnt care who the person is, was or coud be; he is an over blotted, overfed sokoto cow. Charley boy is older than ORO, the burial is his father’s burial, his father is just a juri and not a politician of ORO extract. Courtesy demands that that the son bury his father and not otherwise. So he has the right to stipulate how his father’s burial progresses, what program should be allowed and not allowed.

What do you expect from a drug addict and a punk. His behavior is unacceptable in Igbo land and alien to Oguta culture. Anybody supporting this unruly behavior for political motives is doing a disservice to our youths and to Oputa family. Using his father’s funeral to disgrace his family and Oguta people is an abomination and should be condemned.

Charlyboy who had a personality problem isn’t the kind of person to stand before our gov.if not that courtesy demanded that our late jurist be honoured like it should be,owelle has little or no need of the character called Charlyboy,knowing him for whom he is a deviant charly adds up to nothing in imo state,but is of value to the discredited Abuja politicians,let’s se how Charlyboy adds value to their discredited status.

I thnk Arthur Nzerbie is behind all these nonsense. Of course Charley boy is not relevant to attract Press subject. We all know him as a prodigal son whose parents prefer to foster vagabonds than to accept him as their blood. Now Oputa Chukwudifo is dead, who will take up from where he stopped? All his legacies, law chambers, Certificates and educative materials, who will take care of all these? And yet the late icon left a human being who is supposed to fill the gap. All these questions ought to be what should concern this Emptiness tagged ‘ Area Fadda’. Was it not in the quest to find answers to these questions that his late Dad rejected him, having done everythn on this earth to make him focused. By the way, no matter any amount GEJ and Arthur Nzeribe gave him and all rattle promises to make him the Head of Touts and Guy Forum of Nigeria, hw on earth would a man with five sense organs behave the way this Thing did? For the Thieves we have in Imo state who want to hijack power, we are sounding a serious note of warning to you that u should repent and So what be converted or you perish. Power belongs to the people and not to Arthur Nzeribe, nor Udenwa nor Ikiri nor Emeka Ihedioha nor Iwuanyanwu nor any PDP that is not doing well. Long live Imo state! Long live Rochas Okorocha!!

I am very concerned at the theatrical nature of most of Rochas outings these days. Imo siblings, you should know me by now, that I seek fairness. Rochas is still our governor. Accord him the respect due for a governor as much as you might disagree with his policies and person. It takes lots of wisdom and knowledge to overcome your own pettiness. We need to check our own pettiness often. Humiliating the governor is uncalled–for. On the other hand, I wonder what and why the governor continues to be everywhere at all times. Sometimes, he ought to take a rain check, and avoid putting himself in hostile environments.

Justice,Chukwudifu Oputa Oputa panel is a highly respected jurist, not a politician,his burial should not be used as a political rally.why broadcasting the gift of #20m to the whole world.,Is it the first burial assisted by the government .let’s play maturity

Mr Tony Anakani, I would advice you to please kindly seek the truth before saying things you are not aware of. First there was never a time DiDim Difu Oputa disowned his son. Then to the IMO state government, the know the truth. Charly boy is not a politician neither was his father and if you know the love, reverence and respect that we the entire Umuezeoduwa family have for our patriarch then you would understand what transpired at Sacred Heart Oguta. 3 days after Justice died 4 people from the Oputa family went to the SSG and asked them to submit their programme of activity to be included in the general programme of events for the burial. The government never did. The family unanimously decided to grant the state government Thursday an entire day to honour Justice. This was because there was no programme from the government ( unbeknown to the family that Our Governor had plans of turning it into a political circus, despite an earlier letter to the deputy governor warning against same) when the family got to conference hall on Thursday it turned out that the entire activity was a big political affair with little or no inference to the late Justice Oputa. The family stormed out of that programme midway when the APC national chairman was introduced to continue the political charade. If the government is as responsible as the claim the would have known that the have crossed the line. The family also accepted Senator Chukwumerije ( a senator from Abia) as the chairman of the burial committee as nominated by the presidency because he’s more of a democrat than a politician as well as to diffuse any political tension between the parties in IMO state. I believe a lot of people might not understand this but if you have a father or an upright patriarch like Justice Oputa you may understand. For avoidance of doubt Charly boy has never been involved in politics and would never descend that low at his age( mind you he is very much older than the Governor) he is content with his entertainment. Joi John please take note.

A formal Military Gov. of Imo State said that 1st fool no be fool, na 2nd fool be proper foolish. This the 3rd recorded time Area Fada warned Rochas to stay clear of his father’s burial. But ORO didn’t Respect that.

As I speak there is mourning in Oguta. Not over the late icon but the disgrace the boy in charles oputa brought to the people. Where is civility. Where is caution. Where is respect for the dead. Where is respect for men of God. Even Bishop Kukah was not qualified to talk to the boy.
Let political servants extol evil or justify it. Anyone can be the Governor of Imo state tomorrow. Charlie boy did not insult Okorocha. He insulted the institution he represented. He insulted the people of Imo state. IMO PEOPLE SHOULD DEMAND AN APOLOGY FROM THIS PRODIGAL SON.period

The air waves were filled with news over Charly boy’s traditional misdemeanor and how he had refused Governor Okorocha to speak during the church service of late Justice Chukwidifu Oputa yesterday in Oguta.

Charly boy in his usual irresponsible manner like an area father he is has seen his father’s death as an opportunity to amass wealth without the knowledge of the entire members of the family.

I could remember when Charly boy was the President of PMAN while I was still in Lagos. I could remember what transpired between him and a close friend who happened to be one the top officers during his reign as PMAN President… The issue was non disclosure of monies generated during their programmes. PMAN became a personal business as Charly Boy reigned as the sole proprietor to public organization performing artistes.

Again, in his usual manner, he has felt no need to be accountable to his people. Suffice it to say that, even if Charly Boy is immuned to accountability, does it follow that others should be as reckless as Charly Boy? The answer is no. I stand to be corrected that what happened was a man who wanted to put his siblings in the dark and appropriate whatever would have been generated from the burial of the father.

Again, like SSA to the Governor on Media, Sam Onwuemedo rightly put it, Charly was not alone in That disgraceful incident. He played the script of the Abuja based politicians and that of Mr. president.

Charly Boy’s Grouse:

From good authority… Charly Boy was said to have been angered by the publicity over Imo State Government’s donation of N20 million for the burial of the legal icon. I beg to disagree because if it were his main grouse, why would Charly Boy accepts all the State programmes, which he participated all through only to embarrass Governor Okorocha on the day of burial. He could have as well rejected all those events in celebration of the deceased legal icon. It goes to show how the ‘Boy’ has remained a boy.

I also heard Mr. Charles had revealed that he got N300 million from Mr. President and nobody heard about it. I again challenge the same Goodluck Jonathan’s Government to refute they are not promoting corruption.

I had expected, if true, that such huge amount of tax payers money should have been invested in a project in late Sage’s home town or even anywhere either at the Federal Capital Territory or in Imo State and name it after the late Justice Charles Oputa. Today, it was used to buy insult and embarrassment to our Governor.

He mentioned that he has not accounted for all the monies he received from people. I wonder what manner of society we are building where accountability and probity is being sacrificed. That is the reason a certain man would wake up to say that there is a difference between stealing and corruption.

Governor Okorocha did his best. He accounted for his people in Imo State what he used their N20 million to do and all the events he planned in honour of our revered late Cicero at the temple of Justice were well attended by the general public.

Imo State Government also took the pains to take Charles Oputa father’s death to South East Governor’s Forum to formerly inform other States of the South East of the passing of Justice Oputa. State Government it was that gave the late eminent Jurist the right place in history.

While I do blame a social deviant like Charly Boy and his disgraceful attitude for following the instructions of the highest bidder, he should be reminded that what he did was the height of impoverished mind of a commoner and unfortunately, late legal icon was a direct opposite of what is left of Charly Boy who would prefer to commercialize his father’s burial and take the booties into his coffers in secret.
by Onwuchekwa Uche